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WSU's Hawkinson garners first Pac-12 men's basketball weekly award

SAN FRANCISCO - WASHINGTON STATE junior Josh Hawkinson continued his lengthy double-double streak with three in as many games at the Diamond Head Classic to earn his first career Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week award as voted upon by media who cover the conference.

One of the Pac-12’s national-best four Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award nominees, Hawkinson leads the conference and is sixth in the country with nine double-doubles so far this season, including one in each of WSU’s last seven games, and now has 29 double-doubles in his last 41 outings. He is one of three Pac-12 players averaging a double-double, leading the conference in rebounding (10.5 rpg) while ranking seventh in the league in both scoring (16.5 ppg) and field goal percentage (.598).

The Pac-12, currently the second-rated conference in the nation according to CBSSports.com and Jerry Palm, plays its final five non-conference games early this week, highlighted by CALIFORNIA hosting Davidson on Monday, Dec. 28 at 6 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Networks. League play tips off with four games on Friday, Jan. 1 and a full six-game slate on Sunday, Jan. 3, with all 10 contests televised on either Pac-12 Networks, FS1 or ESPNU.